Gun-rack.



PATENTED' OCT. 30, 1906 J. -T. NIGHOLSON. I

GUN RACK.

APPLICATION TILED 00T.25, 1905 Q m /////////4 W I WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUN-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 26, 1905. Serial No. 284,338-

Patented Oct. 30, 1906'.

To alZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN T. NICHOLSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newport News, in the county of Warwick and State ofVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGun-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in gun-racks, and has forits objects the provision of a device for this purpose which will bestrong, durable, assembled with facility, and which will occupy aminimum amount of space.

The device is particularly applicable for use in connection with a tent,and in the drawings I have illustrated its application to an army-tentof standard character. It is desirable that a device of this charactershould occupy as little space as possible in the tent, and I have soarranged and combined the gun-rack with the tent-frame as to insure theoccupancy of as little space as possible. When disassembled, the partsof the gun rack proper may be adjusted into a compact and small space,thus insuring facility in stowing and packing and transportation.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 illustrates a tent with a sectionbroken away, disclosing the gun-rack therein and showing one gun held inthe rack. Fig. 2 is a perspective detail view, enlarged, showing some ofthe essential details of the invention. Fig. 3 is a detail sectionalviewof the means for locking the supporting cross-bars in extended positionupon the longitudinal frame-bar.

The tent 1 may be of any usual character and provided with theridge-pole 2 and uprights 3 3, constituting the usual tent-frame.

In adapting the gun-rack for use with thetent I employ the bar or pole4, which, as illustrated in Fig. 2, may be T-section to insure strengthand rigidity. This pole may be cut away at its ends and surround the up-4 rights 3 3 orotherwise connectedthereto in a rigid manner, ifnecessary, although this construction is not necessary, as said bar ispreferably supported indirectly by the straps 5 5 5, which, asillustrated, are passed over the top of the ridge-pole of the tent.These straps 5 are each provided with a hook 6 at their ends, which isadapted to pass through a hole in the end of the supporting cross-bars7, which bars are each secured to the under side of the bar 4 by a screwor pivot 8. From this construction it will be seen that the bar 4 issupported from the ridge-pole of the tent by the detachably-connectedstraps 5 and cross-- tion. To hold the cross-bars 7 in adjusted po-'sition relative to the bar 4, I rovide the pin 9, which is passedthrough a ole provided for the purpose in both the cross-bar and theconnecting-bar, and to prevent loss of said pin I preferably secure itby a chain 10, attached in this instance to one of the eyes 11. The eyes11 are for the reception of the ends of the straps 12, and the straps 12form the hangers for the guns in therack, the straps being secured inthe eyes by loops at each end. a

As illustrated, the rack is intended for the storage of four guns, butit will be under stood that a greater or less number may be providedfor. In Fig. 1 only one gun is shown supported by loops or straps on twoadjacent cross-bars. Another gun may be stowed on the second pair ofloops depending from these two bars and the guns lying side by side. Inuse the muzzle of the gun is thrust into one of the middle loops, andthe butt of the gun is raised until it will be passed through one of theouter loops, and the gun may be taken. down by going through the reverseprocedure without disturbing any of the guns on the rack. The guns arethus kept out of the dirt and wet and out of the way. Each occupant ofthe tent having an assigned air of loops can locate his gun with littledi- 'culty. The device is light in weight, and hence easily portable,and being of a convenient shape when the cross-bars are closed toparallel position with the connectingbar it may be stowed alongside theridge-pole of the tent. The length of the connecting-bar beingindependent of the arrangement of the cross-bars the rack is adaptableto any size tent within limits.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with the ridge-pole of a tent, of a bar, cross-barsattached to said bar, straps secured to the cross-bars for suspendingthe bar from the ridge-pole, and hangers suspended from said cross-bars.

2. The combination with the ridge-pole of a tent of a connecting-bar,cross-bars attached to said bar, straps extended over the ridge-pole andconnected to said cross-bars, and loops suspended from said cross-bars.

3. The combination with the ridge-pole of a tent of a connecting-bar,cross-bars pivoted to said bar, straps extended over the ridgepole andconnected with said cross-bars, and hangers suspended from saidcross-bars.

4. The combination with the ridge-pole of a tent, of a bar or pole,cross-bars connected to said bar, means for suspending said bars fromthe ridge-pole, and means for hanging guns from the cross-bars.

5. The combination with the ridge-pole of a tent of a connecting-bar,cross-bars pivoted to said bar, straps extended over the ridgepole anddetaehably connected with the cross bars, hangers suspended from saidcross-bars, and means for securing said bars in position relative to theconnecting-bar.

6. The combination with the ridge-pole of a tent of a connecting-bar,cross-bars pivoted to said bar, securing-pins engaging theconnecting-bar and cross-bars, stra )s extended over the ridge-pole anddetacha ly connected with the cross-bars, and loops suspended from thecross-bars.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN T. NICHOLSON.

Witnesses:

W. T. OHAPIN, A. B. TAYLOR.

